Monday, April 5, 2010

Where you can find your 2008 draft class

Expanding on the previous post explaining where the 2009 draft class will be this season, let's take a gander at 2008:

Name

Position

Round

2010 Team

Jason Castro

Catcher

1

Round Rock

Jordan Lyles

Pitcher

Comp1

Corpus

Jay Austin

Outfielder

2

Lancaster

Ross Seaton

Pitcher

Comp3

Lancaster

T.J. Steele

Outfielder

4

Corpus

David Duncan

Pitcher

5

Lexington

J.B. Shuck

Outfielder

6

Corpus

Jon Gaston

Pitcher

7

Corpus

Brad Dydalewicz

Pitcher

8

Lancaster

Luis Cruz

Pitcher

9

TBD

Jarred Holloway

Third Base

10

Released

Jacob Priday

Outfielder

11

Released

Jeff Hulett

Shortstop

12

Released

Kyle Godfrey

Pitcher

13

Lancaster

Chris Hicks

Pitcher

14

TBD

Phil Disher

First Base

15

TBD

Andy Simunic

Second Base

17

Lexington

David Flores

Third Base

18

Lancaster

Ashton Mowdy

Pitcher

19

Lancaster

Danny Meier

Outfielder

24

Released

Mike Hacker

Pitcher

25

Released

Shane Wolf

Pitcher

26

Lancaster

Nathan Pettus

Pitcher

27

TBD

Zach Grimmett

Pitcher

28

TBD

Chris Jackson

Shortsop

29

TBD

Mike Diaz

Second Base

30

Released

Philip Rummel

Pitcher

31

TBD

Rene Garcia

Catcher

35

Lexington

Kirkland Rivers

Pitcher

37

Released

Nathan Metroka

Outfielder

47

Released

Danny Meszaros

Pitcher

48

Corpus

Chase Lehr

Pitcher

49

Released

So. 1 1/2 seasons removed from the draft, and Jason Castro will obviously be the first Heckster to make it to the majors, but maybe more impressive are the five other 2008 draftees to start the season at Corpus: Lyles, Steele, Shuck, Gaston, and Meszaros. Of the 32 who signed in 2008, nine have been released.

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